2022

We took a couple days’ hiatus back in Bruges, Belgium. We’d stayed originally in Bruges with Magda at her Aquarius Guestroom, and enjoyed the city and the place so much we decided to return. This time we did one of our FreeWalkingTours and had Natalie as our guide. She’s lived in Bruges for over 10 […]

This is really a confusing place. Turns out that the city (and the whole country) is in a complete identity crisis. The country has an overall population of about 11 1/2 million. Brussels, the largest city and the capital has about 1.2 million and Antwerp, where we are now has just over half a million.

We arrived yesterday afternoon (Sat Oct 15th) around 5 pm, after a 4-train day. The first leg was from our place in the projects (Cabrera de Mar) to the Barcelona Central Station (named Barcelona Sants). The 2nd leg was from Barcelona Sants to Valence, France; the 3rd leg was from Valence to Paris Gare de